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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Twelve American men walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972, with most describing in great detail their experiences on the dusty, low-gravity world lit by the blinding light of the Sun. Here are their impressions, collected from a series of oral history interviews by NASA during the 1990s and 2000s, unless otherwise stated. Right after landing “That’s where you experience the most quiet moment a human being can experience […]
(Eagle News) – A strong 5.6 magnitude quake struck 20 kilometers southwest of Makilala, North Cotabato Tuesday night, July 9, followed by aftershocks, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The quake was of tectonic region and had a depth of 14 kilometers. It struck at 8:36 p.m., Tuesday. Its strongest aftershock so far occurred at 10:12 p.m. and 11:31 p.m., both with a magnitude of 4.8. The quake was felt at […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — A carbon monoxide leak at a Canadian hotel on Tuesday sent 46 guests to the hospital and left 15 of them in critical condition, firefighters in the city of Winnipeg said. The incident occurred at a Super 8 motel in the Prairie-region city. “This was a major serious incident,” Alex Forrest, president of the United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg, told CBC News. He said carbon monoxide readings at the motel came […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China demanded Tuesday that the United States “immediately cancel” a potential sale of $2.2 billion in arms to self-ruled Taiwan, including battle tanks and anti-aircraft missiles, adding fuel to tensions between the two powers. The US later shrugged off China’s complaints, responding that the equipment would contribute to “peace and stability” in Asia. The sale would be the first transfer of big-ticket US military gear to the democratically-governed island in decades, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Retro sci-fi series “Stranger Things” has broken Netflix viewing records with the global launch of its third season, the streaming giant said in a rare tweet publishing viewing data. The nostalgic 1980s show about a gang of suburban adolescents battling supernatural monsters had been watched by 40.7 million accounts since Thursday, it said. That figure for season three was “more than any other film or series in its first […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Keith Thurman warned Tuesday he is targeting the destruction of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao when the two welterweights face off in Las Vegas later this month. The undefeated Thurman puts his World Boxing Association welterweight crown on the line against the 40-year-old Pacquiao on July 20 at the MGM Grand. Thurman, 30, has relentlessly fanned the flames for the contest by stating he plans to send Pacquiao into […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AFP) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that US President Donald Trump cannot legally block users on Twitter based on their political differences with him, affirming a lower court decision. The three-judge panel agreed with last year’s ruling by a federal judge that Trump was using “viewpoint discrimination” in violation of the constitutional rights of people with opposing views. The court sidestepped the question of the president’s free speech rights under […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The Kremlin on Tuesday said it regretted that Russia’s RT and Sputnik news organisations were barred from taking part in a global conference on media freedom in London, calling the decision absurd. Britain on Monday said it refused to accredit the Russian state media outlets “because of their active role in spreading disinformation.” Some 60 ministers and 1,000 journalists and members of civil society are expected to attend the meeting […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic will merge with a New York-listed company to become the world’s first publicly-traded space tourism venture, the British billionaire’s group announced Tuesday. “By embarking on this new chapter, at this advanced point in Virgin Galactic’s development, we can open space to more investors and in doing so, open space to thousands of new astronauts,” Branson said in a statement. Virgin Galactic and public-investment vehicle Social Capital […]
Presents sworn affidavits, video of fishermen in case, saying they had nothing to do with the petition during oral arguments before Supreme Court (Eagle News) – Solicitor General Jose Calida bared on Tuesday, July 9, that the fishermen in the Writ of Kalikasan petition filed by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) had nothing to do at all with the petition but that their names were merely “used” by the IBP to fight the […]
(Eagle News) — Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez has agreed to be the Majority Floor Leader as had been decided by President Rodrigo Duterte, according to Albay Rep. Joey Salceda. “He’s accepting the mandate from us,” he said of Romualdez. Salceda said that they have also asked Romualdez to already report to Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano who had been chosen by President Duterte as the next House Speaker under a term-sharing agreement with Marinduque […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A key Hong Kong protest group behind mass rallies against a widely loathed China extradition bill vowed on Tuesday to hold fresh protests as they rejected a promise from the city’s leader that the bill was “dead”. “If our five demands are still not heard by Carrie Lam and her government, the Civil Human Rights Forum will continue to hold protests and assemblies,” spokeswoman Bonnie Leung told reporters, adding details […]
